Member Review

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Member Profile

Barbara Scott

Photo: Jazhart Photography 1998

Barbara Scott is a Calgary fiction writer. Her first collection of short stories, The Quick, was selected for the Toronto Star's list for best books of 1999. Her work has been published in such literary magazines as Grain and Prairie Fire, and has been anthologized in Due West, Albert Re/Bound and several school texts. Scott has a BA and MA in English from the University of Calgary. She has taught various creative writing courses and workshops, and is also an award-winning editor of fiction and creative non-fiction.

E-mail: c/o Writers' Union of Canada

Phone number:

c/o Writers' Union of Canada

Publications

The Quick: Short Stories. Dunvegan, ON: Cormorant Books, 1999.

Awards

Winner, City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Award, 1999.

Winner, Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Fiction, 1999.

Shortlisted, Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book, 1999.

Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence, 2015

Eligible for National Public Readings Program :

Yes

WITS

Northern OAC WITS:

No

GST:

GST not applicable

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